Improvement in picket-cutters



duidt 'ata 'JAMES W. CLARK, or .oUrvInLn 01110.

tenere Patent Ne. 113,629, dated April 11, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN PICKEvT-CUTTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same.

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES W. CLARK, of'Outville, in the county of Lickingv and State of Ohio, have iuvented a new and improved Picket-Gutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableY others skilled in the art to make and-use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specilication.

This invention relates to I"a new and improved machine'for cutting the pickets near the ends, for'making the ornamental tops j and It consists in a broad thin cutter of steel, shaped in cross-section, to correspond with the line to whichit is required to shape the picket on each side, and a corresponding bed-plate or cutter, the firstanentioned cutter being mounted on a vertically-reciprocating' cross-head, arranged in suitable guides, and provided withv a handlever for operating it, said hand-lever being connected by a rod with a clamping-lever on the bed-plate, under which, at one end, the picket is placed, and clamped for holdingr it in place while the cutting, is done, the said clamping being effected bythe power applied to the lever for effecting the cutting.

Figure l is a sideelevatiou of my improved machine;

Figure 2 is a plan view; and

Figure 3 is a section on the line y y of iig. l.

Similar letters ofgreference indicate corresponding parts. t

A is the vertically-moving cutter, mounted on the reciprocating crossfhead'B, which works on guides onthe posts C, iising'npward from the bed-plate D, one of which guides is adjustable to take up the slack caused by wear.

. This cutter, is shaped in cross-section, to correspond .with the line on which it is desired to cut the ornamental igure`on each side ofthe picket, as clearly indicated in fig. 3,an d it is attached to a block, E, having the same form on the side to which the cutter is attached as the form of said cutter.

This block is fitted in acavity in the cross-head, and

lsecured by the saine bolts F that secure the cutter zontal line, as indicated in fig. 2, forthe purpose of' operating in the manner of shears.

`The bed-cutter lis a plate, G, of steel, having one edge shaped to correspond with the cutter A, and it is clamped down upon the bed so that the cutter A will work snugly against said edge, "It is clamped down upon the bed by screws H passing through elongated holes is a wa to admit of adjusting it.

1 is the working-lever; it is pivotedv to the crosshead at K, and the end of the short arm is connected by a vertical rod, L, with a clamping-lever, M, pivoted to the bed at N, and working at the other end, O, in i'ront of thecutter, so as to be clamped down on the picket which isplaced under it by the action of the lever Kin forcing the cutter -A down, and to re-4 lease the picket when the cutter A is raised.

The picket is laid on the bed along the adjustable guides P, with the end. which is to be cut against the adjustable gauge Q.

When one side' has been cut the picket is turned over and the othercut inthe Sallie way. This reduces the end which is placed against the gauge Q to a point, when the knife ofthe form here shown is'used.

An adjustable screw, R, is arranged in the.bed under the end of lever M, to which the leverl is con-4 nected, to regulate the lifting of said' lever M.

Having thus described my invention,

1 claim as new and desire to 'secure by Letters Patentl The combination, with the vertically--reciprocatin g knife A' and the lever I, by which itis operated, of the clam ping-lever M and rod L, substantially as specified.

JAMES W.. CLARK.

Witnesses DANIEL HEWIT, A. T. HoWnA-ND. 

